World Policy Institute

The World Policy Institute in New York, a non-partisan source of informed policy leadership for more than four decades, develops and champions innovative policies that require a progressive and global point of view. 

In an increasingly interdependent world, WPI focuses on complex challenges that demand cooperative policy solutions to achieve: an inclusive and sustainable global market economy, engaged global civic participation and effective governance, and collaborative approaches to national and global security.

WPI’s Fellows program, regular public and private events, collaborative policy development, media activities, and flagship World Policy Journal provide a forum for solution-focused policy analysis and public debate. Its programs seek to introduce fresh ideas and new voices from around the world on critical shared global issues including migration, climate change, technology, economic development, human rights, and counter-terrorism.

More than 30 senior fellows and program staff—a group of accomplished policy analysts, journalists and writers—give the institute a distinctive voice in national and international affairs. 

Large Gifts and Grants 2004/05
$100,000+
 * Anonymous

$25,000+ 2004/05 Annual Report (Pdf)
 * Walter Eberstadt
 * Henry Arnhold
 * Jean Cluett
 * Rockefeller Brothers Fund
 * Arsenault Family Foundation
 * Christopher Reynolds Foundation
 * Town Creek Foundation
 * Proteus Fund
 * David Brown
 * Colombe Foundation
 * Ploughshares Foundation
 * John Watts

Advisory Board
2004/05 Annual Report (Pdf)
 * Walter Eberstadt, Chairman, WPI Advisory Board, Limited Managing Director, Lazard Freres and Company
 * James L. Abernathy, Managing Partner, The Abernathy MacGregor Group, Inc.
 * Robert C. Alexander, President, Alexander & Associates
 * Henry H. Arnhold, Co-chairman, Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder, Inc.
 * Oscar Arias Sanchez, Nobel Peace Prize winner, former President of Costa Rica
 * Carroll Brown, US Diplomat (retired)
 * David Brown, President, Penobscot
 * Benjamin Cohen, Chairman, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
 * Milton Cooper, Kimco Realty
 * Pierre J. de Vegh, Managing Director, Carret Asset Management
 * David L. Golub, Golub Capital
 * Nadine Hack, President, beCause Global Consulting
 * Jan Inscho, Capital Guardian Trust
 * Jonathan Kagan, Lazard Freres and Company
 * Robert Levinson, Chairman, Levcor International
 * John Madden, Shearman & Sterling LLP
 * Peter Marber, President, The Atlantic Funds LLC
 * Stanley Nabi, Vice Chairman, Silvercrest Asset Management Group
 * Bruce Paisner, President, Hearst Entertainment Syndication
 * Ann Phillips, philanthropist
 * Frederick Schwarz, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
 * Thomas Valenzuela, President, Valenzuela Capital Management, Inc.
 * Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor, The Nation
 * Mary Van Evera, ex-officio
 * John Watts, Fischer, Francis, Trees & Watts
 * Daniel Yergin, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
 * William Zabel, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
 * Dieter Zander, Natexis Bleichroeder, Inc.

Senior Fellows and Project Leaders
Accessed March 2009:


 * Eric Alterman
 * Alon Ben-Meir
 * Ian Bremmer
 * Belinda Cooper
 * Ian Cuthbertson
 * Patricia DeGennaro
 * Siddharth Dube
 * Claudia Dreifus
 * Edward Gonzalez-Acosta
 * Stephanie Elizondo Griest
 * Mira Kamdar
 * Peter Kaufman
 * Nina Khrushcheva
 * Todd Lester
 * Jeffrey Madrick
 * James N. Nolt
 * Silvana Paternostro
 * William Powers
 * Kavitha Rajagopalan
 * Shaun Randol
 * Swadesh Rana
 * Andrew Reding
 * David Rieff
 * Sherle R. Schwenninger
 * Kim Taipale
 * Masaru Tamamoto
 * Martin Walker
 * Lissa Ree Weinmann
 * Alan Wolfe
 * Michele Wucker

Related SourceWatch

 * Michele Wucker - Executive Director 2007-present

Contact information
World Policy Institute 220 Fifth Avenue, 9th fl. New York, NY 10001 Telephone: 212.481.5005 Fax: 212.481.5009 Web:http://www.worldpolicy.org